Flower-box.



I. N. SHANE.

FLOWER BOX. APPLICAT ION FILED SEPT- 9. 1914.

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FLOWER-BOX.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IsAAo N. SHANE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Winfield, in the county of Cowley andState of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements inFlower-Boxes, of which provision of a suitable reservoir for supplyingwater to the trough of the box, thus constantly watering'the flowers,with the supply of water through the part of the box containing theflowers adapted to be increased or decreased correspondingly totheamount of water needed by the flowers for their proper growthanddevelopment.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theacccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which: 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing mydevice in use; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, withthe reservoir shown in full lines in one position and dotted lines inanother position; Fig. 8 is a vertical transversesectional view takenthrough the flower box; and Fig. 4; is a plan view of the flower box,the flowers having been removed therefrom.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a substantiallyrectangular trough 10 adapted to contain a quantity of earth 11 in whichare planted suitable flowers 12, said trough being arranged to encirclea grave 13. At one end of the trough 10 there projects a basin 14 which,through the medium of an opening 15 and a conduit 16, communicates witha supply conduit 17 formed within the trough 10, with the inner wall ofthe trough constituting a wall of the conduit, said conduit having aseries of openings 18 therein communicating with the channel-likeportion of the trough. The

basin 1 1 is provided with a plurality of Specification of LettersPatent.

grooved portions forming a seat 19 fora reservoir 20 having a preferablyflared outlet 21. The reservoir 20 is adaptedto be slightly rotated onthe seat for the purpose of increasing or decreasing the flow of waterto the trough through the medium of the conduit 17, and referring to theviews it will be seen that when the reservoir has been filled with waterand placed upon the seat, the water flowing from the reservoir will passthrough the conduit 16 into the conduit 11' and thence passing throughthe openings 18 will moisten the earth 11 in the trough 10, thussupplying moisture to the flowers contained in the earth. Now when theoutlet 21 of the reservoir depends immediately Patented June 8, 19 15,

Application filed September 9, 1914. Serial No. 860,891'. 1 i I beneaththe reservoir and lies in a vertical plane, the said outlet will be nearthe bottom of the basin and thus when the conduit and basin fill withwater from the reservoir, the

' By adjusting the outlet of the reservoir rela- 1. In combination withatroughhaving a supply conduit therein, a basin on the trough and havinggrooves in the sides thereof, the conduit connecting said basin with thesupply conduit, and a reservoir adjustably mounted in the grooves of thebasin to con trol the supply of water therefrom to said basin. I

2. In combination with a trough having a supply conduit, a basin on thetrough and communicating With the supply conduit, said basin beingprovided With a plurality of grooves in the sides thereof, and areservoir movably supported in the grooves, said reservoir beingadjustable in the grooves to control the supply of Water therefrom tothe said basin.

3. In combination With a trough having a supply conduit, a basincommunicating With the supply conduit, a reservoir on said basin, and aflared mouth for said reservoir and lying Within said basin, saidreservoir being movable on said basin to dispose the mouth in difi'erentpositions Within the basin Whereby to control the supply of fluid fromthe reservoir to the basin.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC N. SHANE. VVitnesses:

JOHN HAYES, W. A. KENDALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0'.

